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Deepseek vs Microsoft

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Overview

Deepseek

Models
24
Cheapest Input
$0.01
Max Context
1.0M
Top Intelligence
39.3

Microsoft

Models
7
Cheapest Input
$0.05
Max Context
131K
Top Intelligence
33.1

Flagship Model Comparison

DeepSeek V4 ProvsWizardLM-2 8x22B
MetricDeepSeek V4 ProWizardLM-2 8x22B
Input $/1M tokens$0.43$0.62
Output $/1M tokens$0.87$0.62
Context Window1.0M66K
Intelligence39.333.1
Coding38.4N/A

All Models Pricing

Deepseek Models

ModelInput/1MOutput/1MContext
DeepSeek V4 Pro $0.43 $0.871.0M
DeepSeek V4 Flash (Non-Reasoning) $0.10 $0.201.0M
DeepSeek V3.2 $0.25 $0.38164K
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale $0.29 $0.43164K
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminus $0.27 $0.95164K
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp $0.27 $0.41164K
DeepSeek V3.1 $0.21 $0.7933K
R1 0528 $0.50 $2.15164K
R1 $0.55 $2.0064K
R1 Distill Qwen 32B $0.29 $0.2933K
DeepSeek V3 0324 $0.20 $0.77164K
DeepSeek R1 0528 Qwen3 8B $0.20 $0.20128K
R1 Distill Llama 70B $0.70 $0.80131K
R1 Distill Qwen 14B $0.15 $0.1533K
R1 Distill Llama 8B $0.04 $0.0433K
R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B $0.18 $0.18131K
DeepSeek V3 $0.01 $0.03164K
DeepSeek Coder 1.3B Base $0.10 $0.1016K
DeepSeek Coder 7B Base $0.20 $0.204K
R1 Distill Qwen 7B $0.20 $0.2033K
DeepSeek Coder 7B Base v1.5 $0.20 $0.204K
DeepSeek Coder 7B Instruct v1.5 $0.20 $0.204K
DeepSeek Prover V2 $0.50 $2.18164K
DeepSeek Coder 33B Instruct $0.80 $0.8016K

Microsoft Models

ModelInput/1MOutput/1MContext
WizardLM-2 8x22B $0.62 $0.6266K
Phi-3 Medium 128K Instruct $1.00 $1.00128K
Phi-3 Mini 128K Instruct $0.10 $0.10128K
Phi 4 $0.07 $0.1416K
Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct $0.05 $0.10131K
Phi 4 Reasoning Plus $0.07 $0.3532K
Phi-3.5 Mini 128K Instruct $0.10 $0.10128K

Benchmark Comparison

Best Scores by Provider

BenchmarkDeepseekMicrosoft
Intelligence
39.3
DeepSeek V4 Pro
33.1
WizardLM-2 8x22B
Coding
38.4
DeepSeek V4 Pro
11.2
Phi 4
Math
96.7
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
18.0
Phi 4
MMLU Pro
86.3
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
71.4
Phi 4
GPQA
87.1
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
57.5
Phi 4
LiveCodeBench
89.6
DeepSeek V3.2 Speciale
23.1
Phi 4
Aider
74.2
DeepSeek V3.2 Exp
44.4
WizardLM-2 8x22B
AIME
89.3
R1 0528
14.3
Phi 4
BBH
N/A
48.6
WizardLM-2 8x22B

Capabilities

CapabilityDeepseekMicrosoft
Vision
Tool Calls✓ (18 models)✓ (7 models)
Reasoning✓ (15 models)✓ (2 models)
Audio Input
Audio Output
PDF Input
Web Search
Prompt Caching✓ (6 models)
Open Source Models✓ (18 models)✓ (7 models)

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Frequently Asked Questions

Deepseek has 24 models while Microsoft has 7 models available through API providers.
Deepseek's cheapest model starts at $0.01/M input tokens, while Microsoft's cheapest starts at $0.05/M input tokens.
It depends on your needs. Compare specific models from each provider using the head-to-head comparisons above. Consider factors like pricing, benchmark performance, context window size, and supported capabilities.